Ararahih'urípih
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tháfip to devour, to eat up

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5851 | revised Dec 29 2015

tháfip • V • to devour, to eat up

Derivation:  tha-fip
tha--completely

Derivatives (5)
chafipáyaachha "to eat up completely"
thafipáyaachha "to eat up completely"
thafípkaanva "to eat all up"
tháfipship "to eat up everything"
tháfipshur "to eat up off of"

Source: WB 1414, p.388

  • púyava uxus, púyava hínupa ôok páy patakintháfip . So he thought, "This is the place they ate them up here." [Reference: KS 9. Lizard and Grizzly 029]
  • chavúra koovúra utháfip, pamukunpiykiríkir vaa káru utháfip. Finally (Coyote) ate up everything, he even ate up their ladders. [Reference: WB T3.133]

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  1. koovúra vúra miputíruh nitháfipeesh.
    I am going to eat all of your potatoes.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20c) | read full text
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  2. koovúra titháfip pa'áv.
    You ate up all the food.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  3. koovúra panitháfiiptih.
    I ate all of it.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  4. koovúra titháfip pa'áama.
    You ate up all the salmon.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  5. koovúra titháfip pa'áama, púfaat vúra naa.
    You ate up all the salmon, and I don't have any.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  6. íim titháfip pa'áama.
    You ate up the salmon.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  7. chavúra koovúra utháfip, pamukunpiykiríkir vaa káru vúra utháfip.
    Finally he ate them all up, he ate their ladder up too.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  8. vaa pávaa tá kupavêenahan, koovúra tutháfip panunupatúmkir."
    That's who did that, he ate up all our pillows."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  9. kári xás upiip, achiimuuchpihnîich, " akâay tutháfip naníxraat.
    Then Old Man Lizard said, "Who ate up my gooseberries?
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  10. káruma titháfipaheen pananupatúmkir."
    You ate up our pillows!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  11. víri póo'av, hínupa vúra tutháfip, xás ífuth xás úpxuuspa.
    When he ate it, he devoured it (all), and (only) afterwards did he realize it.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text